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Creative people more dishonest, Harvard study finds

By Deborah Kotz

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 29, 2011

Bernie Madoff has been called “the wizard of lies”, known for his “creative bookkeeping” approach that covered up a multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Are creative types more likely to lie, cheat, and steal? Possibly, yes, according to a new study from the Harvard Business School.

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